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Active Travel
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on promoting the (a) mental, (b) physical and (c) wellbeing aspects of (i) walking and (ii) cycling.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 12 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 14 May 2025
- Answer
- 16 May 2025 · 4 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on promoting the (a) mental, (b) physical and (c) wellbeing aspects of (i) walking and (ii) cycling.
14 May 2025
Target answer date
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16 May 2025
Answer published
Ministers in the Department for Health and Social Care and the Department for Transport have discussed promoting the mental, physical, and wellbeing benefits of walking and cycling. The departments work together to align active travel with health objectiv...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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